The program
A Closing Cost Credit, an Equity Report, and One Good Agent
ExitCalifornia is a relocation service for California homeowners who are selling here and buying in another state. You get a closing cost credit at your new purchase, a personalized equity report, and an introduction to a vetted agent in your destination market. The service costs you nothing.
How we get paid
Partner agents pay a referral fee. You pay nothing.
When you buy through an agent we introduced you to, that agent pays us a referral fee out of the commission they earn on your purchase. This is a standard, disclosed arrangement in real estate. It is how the program is funded and it is the only way we make money.
Your closing cost credit comes out of that same referral fee. We keep part of it and return part of it to you at closing. That is the whole business model, stated plainly, because you should be able to see where the money comes from before you give us your phone number.
You are never invoiced, never charged a membership, and never asked for a card. The commission your agent earns is the same commission any buyer's agent would earn on that purchase, so the credit is not added to your price.
What that means practically
- You keep the choice. If you do not like the agent we introduce, tell us and we stop. There is nothing to cancel.
- We have an incentive to match well. We are only paid if you actually close, which means sending you to an agent who can do the job is the entire point.
- We also have an incentive you should know about. We are paid when you move. Read our decision framework before you commit, and if the honest answer is stay, stay.
Step by step
What actually happens
You tell us where you are going
Four questions: whether you own, the state and area you are targeting, your timeline, and how to reach you. It takes about a minute and there is no phone call attached to it.
We build your equity report
You get the sell-here, buy-there math for your specific home against the states you are considering within two business days. Purchase price, square footage, property tax, and the monthly payment, so you are comparing total carrying cost and not just list prices.
One agent introduction, not a bidding pool
We introduce you to a single vetted agent in your destination market who has closed with out-of-state buyers before. Your number does not get sold to a lead pool, and you will not get called by six brokerages.
The credit is applied at closing
Your a closing cost credit is applied toward closing costs on the purchase side of your new home, at the closing table, on the settlement statement.
Limits
What the program does not do
Every relocation service has edges. Here are ours, so you find out now rather than three weeks in.
- We are not your listing agent in California. If you need one, we can refer you, but the credit is tied to the purchase side.
- We do not lend, appraise, or provide tax advice. The equity report is a comparison tool, not an appraisal.
- We do not represent renters in this program. Renters get the moving resources instead, and we tell you that up front rather than after you fill out a form.
- We cannot pay the credit if you close with an agent you found on your own. The referral fee funds the credit, so the introduction has to be the one we made.
Start the program
Four questions. No call unless you ask for one.